Female Tennis Players with Most Weeks at Number One

Caroline Wozniacki will once again fall short at a Grand Slam. Wozniacki fell to Kim Clijsters in the quarterfinals at the Australian Open. When the tournament concludes it will end her run as the top ranked women's tennis player. She has spent a total of 66 weeks at number one. That is the highest total for a female tennis player to never win a Grand Slam title. Here is a look at the five women that have spent the most weeks on top of the rankings.

1. Steffi Graf - 377 weeks

Graf holds the record for weeks at number one as well as the record for consecutive weeks on top of the rankings. She once had a stretch of more than three years on top. That is not surprising considering she owns 22 Grand Slam singles titles. She has won every Grand Slam title at least four times and she won all four in the same year in 1988.

2. Martina Navratilova - 332 weeks

Navratilova owns 18 singles titles at Grand Slam events and a ton more in the doubles category. She is easily one of the most dominant figures ever in tennis. Her best tournament was Wimbledon where she won the singles title nine times. She owns the record for most tournament titles as well.

3. Chris Evert - 260 weeks

Evert was the first woman to top the world rankings. She had a great presence in the 1970s and also won 18 Grand Slam titles. Her best tournament was the French Open. She won that title a record seven times. She also holds the record for winning percentage by winning nearly 90 percent of her matches.

4. Martina Hingis - 209 weeks

Hingis rose to the top in the late 1990s and looked like she would be on track to be the next Graf. She won three Grand Slam titles in 1997 and a total of six in her career. However, Hingis ran out of steam by the year 2000 and never won a Grand Slam title after 1999.

5. Monica Seles - 178 weeks

Seles rose to the top in the early 19990s on the strength of a string of Grand Slam titles. However, a stabbing in 1993 took a major toll on her career. She missed two years of the sport but did have a successful comeback, adding to her resume and finishing her career with a total of nine Grand Slam singles titles.